Outline of Revelation - #2

Fred R. Coulter - May 22, 1994

This is number two in a series of the outline of the book of Revelation. And we have come to a part in Revelation 16 where the battle of Armageddon occurs. And that’s when the ten kings receive their power one hour with the beast to make war with the Lamb. Now let’s come to Revelation 13, and let’s look at the last beast. There’s an awful lot here for us. There are a lot of symbologies that are involved in it, which is going to tell us a great deal.

Let’s pick it up here in Revelation 13:1. Remember that the beast of Revelation 13 comes out of the seventh head of Revelation 17. Now, in the book of Revelation we find this pattern, don’t we? We find the seven churches, we find the seven seals, out of which come the seven trumpet plagues, out of which comes the seven last plagues. So we have the same situation with Satan’s system. When we started in Revelation 12 we saw that it was seven heads and ten horns. Then we came to Revelation 17, and what did we see? Seven heads and ten horns with the woman. So we have God on the one hand with the symbol of Israel, being a woman. We have Satan with the counterfeit on the other hand with his whore, called Babylon the Great, and his god called the beast. And it is identified with seven and ten.

All the way down through the history we find that the system of Satan is identified by seven and ten. It’s like with the seven resurrections of the Roman Empire, the ten districts of the Roman Empire. Because that is a mark of his system, seven plus ten. We have the Club of Rome, which is seven. We have the ten regions of the world, which is ten. We have the United Nations which has the Security Council, which now has fifteen members on it. Five are permanent, ten are rotating. However, don’t be surprised if we do not see Germany and Japan added as the sixth and seventh permanent member of the Security Council. Then we would have seven and ten. In the meditation room of the United Nations is every religious symbol of this world, from all of the pagan religions. And that comes from Gnosticism. Gnostics are the ones who know. Comes from the Greek, “gnosis.” So Satan has all of his different systems. They are there. When God gives him permission to bring them all together, then we’re going to have this one world system with religion and government.

Now let’s come to Revelation 13. Because here is something that is really very important. Verse 1, “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,...” Now we know that the many waters of Revelation 17 are defined as “multitudes of peoples, and nations, and tongues, and languages.” The sea represents the sum total of the humanity of the earth, then. So this whole system is going to be encompassing the whole world. No nation will escape. Let’s go to Jeremiah 25. Hold your place here. We’ll be back in Revelation 13. Now what you need to do in tying this together is go through Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, and the other prophets, and just concentrate on the end-time prophecies, and structure them under two things: Babylon religion, Babylon government, and all the end-time events. Here’s part of it, worldwide events.

Let’s pick it up here, let’s pick it up here in verse 12. “And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.” That happened. And also as you’re going through here, understand that there is a first fulfillment, and a second fulfillment in many of these prophecies. Sometimes some prophecies happen over and over again, like with Israel’s sin and the punishment, and things.

Verse 13, “And I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.” (vs. 13-15). And this is the cup that then, not only Jeremiah takes, but in the second fulfillment it is the woman Babylon, where all nations drink of the cup of the wine of her fornication.

Verse 16, “And they shall drink,...” No one’s going to escape. “...And be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the LORD’S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, and all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,…” No place on earth is going to escape. “…And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them” (vs. 16-26). Now, Sheshach has never been found in history. So this is a prophecy for the end time.

“Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Ye shall certainly drink. For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by My name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter His voice from His holy habitation; He shall mightily roar upon His habitation; He shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth” (vs. 27-30). Revelation 14. Treading the grapes of the wrath of God. That’s what it is there.

“A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, He will plead with all flesh; He will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground” (vs. 31-33).

Let’s go to Isaiah 13 for just a minute, to show that this final Babylon is going to be worldwide. Verse 1, “The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.” And he talks about all the things that are going to happen. Come down to verse 6, “Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt; and they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames” (Isa. 13:1, 6-8).

“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the gold and wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, and the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of His fierce anger” (vs. 9-16).

So that helps finish off Revelation 16 for us, but also connects with Revelation 13. And you read in Revelation 6 how that one-fourth of the earth, the population is killed, then many more are killed. Then you read that one-third of the remainder are killed, so that takes half of all humanity, minimum, up until the time of the seven last plagues. So it’s going to be awesome. It’s going to be awesome.

Now let’s see how this system develops. Revelation 13:1, “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,...” This is going to look like a worldwide democratic movement. And isn’t that what we’re seeing? Right up... (Audience comment) But it’s the same old system, rearranged. Let’s go on. “...And saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.”

Now hold your place here, and just turn back, or look across the page to Revelation 12:3, and we’ll see something that’s interesting. “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.” Now this one, the crowns are on the ten horns instead of the seven heads. (Audience comment) Yes. It shows that the power has shifted downward. Other than that, I don’t know exactly what it means, but it shows that the system has been adjusted. Damage control. Good way to put it.

Now let’s read, and we’ll see how this last system is going to be the greatest of every civilizations combined. “And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,...” And every one of these things are listed in Daniel 7. So in order to understand this you must understand Daniel 7. “ ...Like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power,...” And the Greek there is dunamis, meaning power. “...And his [throne] seat,...” “Seat” actually means throne; “...and [his] great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast” (Rev. 13:1-3). So again, notice how it is the whole world involved. So when we say prophecies are speeding up, we may not necessarily really understand what’s happening because we are not thinking big enough.

“And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed:...” Now we’ll talk about that in just a bit. “...And all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon...” So all the world is going to come to worship Satan. That’s what all of these religions coming together are - worshiping Satan the devil. “...Which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast,...” (vs. 3-4). Nowhere does it say that they worshiped the false prophet. The beast. The civil authority. The representative of God. He must have a false prophet to legitimize him. That’s why the Pope always coronated the emperor.

“...Saying, Who is like unto the beast?...” “This is the greatest man that has ever come along. He is marvelous! He is wonderful! Look at the miracles. He can bring all the world together. Who has ever done this? Who has ever heard of this?” “...Who is able to make war with him?” (vs. 4). Now I’ll give you a thought to shudder over. It has been suggested that the way to bring peace on the earth is to turn all nuclear weapons over to the control of the United Nations. Think on that for a while. (Audience comment) The comment was made, “They almost have it.” Yes. Think on that. Who could make war against the United Nations if they had all the power? So never have we been at a time when we can see these possibilities. This is something.

Now verse 5. “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.” Now, to continue after he came back to life. That’s what that means. So he’s going to continue forty and two months after he comes back to life. “And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven” (vs. 5-6). Now then, right here you need to plug in 2 Thessalonians 2. Because the man thatgoes into the temple of God to say he is God, who is worshiped above all things that are called God, is the beast power, not the Pope.

Now let’s go to 2 Thessalonians for just a minute. We won’t go through the whole thing, because I’m sure that all of us are at least familiar with it, where he goes into the temple of God and saying that he is God. Now what I want to point out is here, in verse 6. “And now ye know what [is holding back] withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity [is already working] doth already work: only he [the one] who now [letting, or that is letting] letteth…” (vs. 6-7); or that is, containing; the one who holds back or restraints. I believe this: that the restraint has been removed. And that’s why all of these things are going forward. How long it will take, I don’t know. (Audience comment) Well, it was probably Christ Who was holding back to a certain time. Or, maybe even God the Father in His plan, that He’s not going to let Satan get carried away with his end-time plan until it’s time. (Audience comment) Yes. Comment was made that the world is getting more and more lawless and less believing in any form of the true God, but the mystery of iniquity is the mystery religion, Mystery Babylon. Isn’t that - yes. See? You got it.

Now let’s continue. We’ll finish it here. “And then shall that Wicked [one] [shall] be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming:...” And that can only refer to the beast and the false prophet when he comes. “Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness...” And that’s permeating the whole world, isn’t it? The deceivableness everywhere. Everywhere. People are more concerned with image than truth. People are more concerned with the minute of comfort, regardless of how it comes. Gotcha.

Now, “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” And this is what becomes critical and important for every Christian, that you love the truth, and that you don’t let in error that you begin to be deceived. “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:…” (vs. 8-11). That’s what’s going to happen to the whole world. What does it say, Revelation 12:9? Satan is deceiving the whole world. Yes. It all ties together. This is unreal. The only way you could really put it altogether - and you can’t speak it all once because it’s like a pinpoint of everything connecting, and then all of these spokes are running into the center of it. And the center then being the end-time events. All of them coming together.

Let’s go back to Revelation 13 again. Revelation 13:7, “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” No protection there. Martyrdom. That’s why verse 9 is there. Notice, whenever anything important comes along, there’s this verse: “If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.” Notice the next one. “Here is the patience and the faith of the saints” (vs. 7-10). Is that telling us some of the saints are going to die by the sword because they’re going to fight with the sword? Possible. Question mark. Don’t know.

Now let’s look at the next beast. This is interesting. “And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;...” So we’ve got the one coming out of the water from the people, now we have it coming out of the earth. Let’s look at this beast. “...And he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth all the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,…” (vs. 11-12). This is the false prophet who directs worship toward the beast, being the civil power.

To worship the first beast before him, “…and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;…” Going around in twos. So whenever the beast and false prophet are together, the false prophet has the power to do signs and miracles, and deceives the whole world with it. “...Saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live” (vs. 12-14). And always the image has been the goddess. It’s always been the image of the beast.

“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast,...” Can you imagine what it would be to be able to have a speaking Virgin Mary, or a speaking Sofia? Maybe they have one giant statue that they build and he miraculously causes it to speak. Not just using mechanical or technical means, but a literal demonic miracle. Now notice what happens. “...And cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed” (vs. 15). So that ties right back in over here, how are they going to know who they’re going to kill? The test is going to be, will you fall down and worship this image? Just like the test of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Right? Yes. They didn’t die. They came out alive, not even smelling smoky. (Audience comment) Comment was made, greatest statue in the world is the Statue of Liberty, and guess what’s on top of the Congress of the United States? Another statue of a woman of liberty. Let’s go on. Let’s continue now.

“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads;…” (vs. 16). And it actually means, “to be placed upon.” Epi. Upon. So it’s not going to be a fingerprint, it’s not going to be a voiceprint; it’s not going to be an eye print. It is not going to be a DNA code, unless it is encoded and enscripted and put on your wrist or on your forehead. They already have them. There’s plenty of material out, showing that they have that, and they can do it.

I went into Price Club - now Price Club is a little club, or big club, that we belong to where you get everything wholesale. And you have to have a card. And so I pulled out my wallet and I was fiddling around with my card, because you can’t get in without the card. And I said to myself, “I’m going to try something.” And I said, “Don’t you think this would be a whole lot easier if we just had something on our right hand with kind of a computer code in it, and just went like that and we could walk right in?” He said, “Oh yeah. That would make it so easy.” Not even a thought! Not even a thought! “Oh yes! That’s wonderful!” And I’ve thought about giving a sermon on the mark of the beast. I could give you 200 reasons why the mark of the beast will be the greatest thing the world has ever had. But I’m afraid that if I do, someone is going to excerpt out some of the sermon and say that Fred Coulter is for the mark of the beast. But I’m not, see. So I haven’t. So I’m going to give plenty of warning, so, and if I do give it, I’m going to make sure that I periodically say, “This is to show how the world will be deceived into taking it. And I do not believe in it.”

What does the mark of the beast do that is so anti-God? (Audience comment) Ok. Condemns you. Guarantees you loss of salvation. It is even more fundamental. That is true. That’s fundamental. But I mean, what it does is this: it takes away your choice. You give up your choice. And that’s something God never wants taken from anyone. Because He gave free moral agency. (Audience comment) So the whole lesson here is, brethren, never, never, never give your free moral agency to any other person, period. Never. God does not want you to surrender your free moral agency to Him. Do you realize that? God wants you to love Him because you choose to do so. God does not want you to give up your will; He wants your will to become His will, by you taking from Him, by choice, to put into your heart and mind. That’s how important free moral agency is.

So when the mark of the beast comes and they do it for the sake of living, “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:...” It is of the beast, you see, “...for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six” (vs. 17-18). 666. Just like seven and ten follows Satan’s system, 666 follows the leaders that Satan uses. Always does.

Now let’s come to the chart. Covered an awful lot there. Notice, Revelation 13. The first beast, I have, “1 - 7 Heads & 10 Horns.” That’s the first beast. That’s the first major line that goes all the way across. And we come across in the first major line and it says, “Head wounded & revived & is 8th Head of Rev. 17 .” Then we continue down here where he is - I didn’t know exactly where this was going to happen, so I put two X’s. One in one place, one in another. Then the beast continues forty-two months to make war. We know the beast is destroyed in the lake of fire when Christ returns, so that’s the end, and you go back forty-two months.

Now let’s come to the other one. “2 - 2 Horned Beast.” And I put a little question mark here. “1st Horn - False Prophet.” Have we not always said that a horn equals a king? Yes. This second beast has two horns. Are there going to be two of this beast? So I put a question mark. “1st Horn - False Prophet.” “1st Horn dies?” “2nd Horn.” Is he the one that enforces the mark of the beast? I don’t know. But it’s just a thought. Because many prophecies occur in such a way that it looks like it isn’t going to happen, but it does, and when you turn around it’s already finished. So could it be that the first false prophet is going to come, he’s going to die, bang - another one comes up and he’s the one who does all the miracles? Possible. So I put that down there as a possibility. Then he dies at the same time that the beast is cast into the lake of fire.

Let’s come down to the next one. Revelation 16 and 18. These are combined together. Because it’s the seven last plagues and the judgment on Babylon. And then you just go clear down to the and where those take place right there. Revelation 19, Christ and the saints return. Revelation 20, Satan is bound for a thousand years. Oh yeah, “Christ & Saints Return,” “Beast & False Prophet cast into the Lake of Fire.” Revelation 20, Satan is bound for a thousand years, loosed after the thousand years. Come to the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, and we’ll explain that in detail. And then Revelation 21 and 22, the completion of God’s plan.

(Audience Comment) Question has come up concerning the sea of glass, Revelation 5 and Revelation 14. So I’ll answer that before we get to the backside of the chart. Let’s go to Revelation 5 and open to Revelation – no, Revelation 4 and Revelation 15. I didn’t have the numbers correct, so if you’re confused, it’s my fault. Revelation 4, and then Revelation 15. The question is, is it the same sea of glass? So we have to ask another question: Is God only limited to one sea of glass? Or limited to a floor structure created of spirit essence that to us looks like a sea of glass? That would be a more proper definition of it. Well of course, God would not be limited. God is not limited. So we’re going to see that the sea of glass in Revelation 4 is different than the sea of glass in Revelation 15. One serves one function; the other one serves another function.

Revelation 4, and let’s pick it up here in, we’ll just pick it up here in verse 1. “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.” So when the church, when it comes to the time that the church age is just about done, that’s when this takes place. The scenes in heaven which opened the last... (Audience comment) So in other words, this takes place just before the first seal is opened. Showing that all of this is going to come from the direction of God. So, “...I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald” (vs. 1-3).

Now I cannot envision this myself at all. The description of these things and the colors of them are so fantastic that, especially me being colorblind, I have a hard time really comprehending all of it. But don’t ask me particular questions about it, because I don’t know any more than what is written here. And this is all John was allowed to write of it. So we have to try the best we can to view it. But I don’t know how you can have a rainbow, and it’s around the throne. The rainbow is around. Do you have the throne sitting here and the rainbow goes up and down under? Or it goes around? I could not tell you. I would assume it goes over the top and around the bottom with the sea of glass in the middle of it. That’s all I can make out of it.

“And round about the throne...” So here’s the throne of God, and then you have twenty-four thrones. The word “seats” is the same for throne: thronos. Twenty-four other thrones. “...And upon the [thrones] seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.” Now, I do not understand fully about the twenty-four elders, except that they appear to be created spirit beings that God has created, who are there for some particular function that God has for them to do. Exactly what it is, we are not told. Now we can make a lot of guesses, but those will all be guesses. So we won’t clutter it with guesses. Let’s go on.

“And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God” (vs. 1-5). And these are the seven spirits of God which go through the whole earth, and that’s how God keeps track of all the events that are going on the earth. God is not infinite. “Infinite” means God is everywhere, in all things, at all times. God is not everywhere, in all things, at all times. God is not in the floor, and in the ceiling, and in the fan, and in the lights, and in the air, and in the house, and in the trees, and in us, and in the animals. That’s infinite. God is not infinite. God is all powerful. There is a vast difference. This is how He keeps track of things on the earth.

Now, verse 6, “And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four [living creatures] beasts full of eyes before and behind.” Now that would be an awesome sight. I would have to say I have no concept of how that would be to visualize it, myself. But this sea of glass is the floor of the throne room of God. That’s what this sea of glass is.

Now let’s go to Revelation 15. We’ll see this sea of glass is similar, but different. It has a different function, or purpose. Have you ever wondered when you are resurrected and you rise to meet Christ in the air, where are you going? Why meet Him in the air? And if you’re just going up there for a few hours and coming right back to the earth, why be resurrected to meet Him in the air? Because, you see, in the past it was understood that the resurrection would be on the Feast of Trumpets, and then you would come back the same day. Not so. As you saw for Pentecost, the trumpet is blown on every single holy day. And the trumpet on Pentecost is a distinct and powerful trumpet, right? Yes. The “last trump” doesn’t mean the trumpets quit sounding. The last trump is the seventh trump of the book of Revelation. When the resurrection takes place, which I am convinced the Bible teaches is on Pentecost. So if you’re resurrected and meet Christ in the air, what are you going to do, and where are you going to go? Well, it says we’re going to meet Him in the clouds. So this sea of glass comes down to whatever height God determines in the clouds.

Now I had a very wonderful experience landing here in the plane. We came down and came closer and closer and closer to the clouds, and he sort of cruised right along where I could look out the window, and we were just above the clouds. And I could look out and see all those clouds stretching out for quite a few miles. We were going along, and I was thinking about the clouds and the sea of glass. And then all of a sudden we dipped below the clouds, and there we could see the earth. So I think this is going to be the same thing. The sign of the Son of man is going to appear; it will be up in the heavens and look like it’s coming closer and closer to the earth for a whole year. From the next to the last Pentecost to the last Pentecost. And then the trumpets are blown, comes right down to the earth in the clouds, and then the sea of glass is formed there to receive all of the saints on the sea of glass.

Now let’s read here, Revelation 15:1. “And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire:...” (Rev. 15:1-2). Now let’s compare that with chapter 5 for just a minute, and we will see that it is different. Chapter 4. Thank you. Not all of us are sleeping.